#B5B238#B5B238

#B5B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.140 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B238
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -13.57, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 61.14, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0431 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.14 108)
XYZ	xyz(35.6916, 41.9512, 9.9579)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B238 #383BB5

analogous

#B57438 #B5B238 #7AB538

triadic

#B5B238 #38B5B2 #B238B5

tetradic

#B5B238 #38B574 #383BB5 #B5387A

square

#B5B238 #38B574 #383BB5 #B5387A

split-complementary

#B5B238 #387AB5 #7438B5

monochromatic

#58561B #86842A #B5B238 #CDCA5D #DBDA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#B5B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B238

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B238	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.140 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec876',
    500: '#b5b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b238;
$custom-light: #cec876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74393,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.4195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B238

secondary

#8385C6

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B238

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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